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Linggo, Enero 5, 2014

Information technology deeply permeates our daily
lives, from banking transactions to shopping to photography to chatting with
friends, to name only a few ways.

This constant
state of connectedness has been accompanied by a growing number of cases in
which people become unknowingly involved in crimes and other trouble. This
series of articles, “Cyber
Wars,” will examine some of these hidden dangers that impinge on our
lives

This is the
first installment.

While cases of
illegal money transfers via online banking services have risen astronomically,
another scam designed to hinder police investigation has been spreading under
the radar. These schemes launder money through the use of “money
mules”—unwitting victims often recruited online and used to transfer proceeds
from such Internet fraud as phishingscams.

These fraudsters attempt to escape the reach of
investigative authorities by having their mules transfer money acquired
illegally via overseas remittance services, which are less stringent in their
identification requirements than commercial banks are.

In Japan, the
first money mule operation was confirmed to have been conducted last year. By
the end of November, 224 money mules were found to have been involved in
transferring illicit funds totaling ¥260 million. Of the 224, 149 were
Japanese.

The Yomiuri Shimbun examined the operations of one
such criminal scheme that recruited victims through e-mail and online job
advertisements that appeared legitimate, but actually hired them to work as
“disposable” money mules.

In September, a 57-year-old man living in Yokohama
received a job offer from a food-related firm in Britain through LinkedIn, a
social media site targeting job
seekers.

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